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Built/founded
  
1908 to 1910

Governing body/owner
  
local

PHLF designated
  
1970 and 1990

Architect
  
Rutan & Russell

Architectural style(s)
  
City designated
  
March 15, 1974

Architectural style
  
Jacobean architecture

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Location
  
808 Ridge Avenue (Allegheny West)Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

The B. F. Jones House at 808 Ridge Avenue in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built from 1908 to 1910. When it was completed, it had 42 rooms and cost $375,000 to build. It was once the home of Benjamin Franklin Jones Jr., the son of Benjamin Franklin Jones, a founder of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. It is currently Jones Hall of the Community College of Allegheny County.

It was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on March 15, 1974, and to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1970 and in 1990.

References

B. F. Jones House Wikipedia


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